2:46 PM: Thanks to the WSB’ers who tipped us to this via text message and WSB Forums post: The Admiral Theateris closed was closed earlier today because it’s been burglarized. Police were still there when WSB’s Katie Meyer went over a short time ago to investigate the reports. According to what she learned from Admiral staffer Sean and police, the break-in happened around 5 am – it set off an alarm but that didn’t get help fast enough to prevent the burglars from making off with what we are told was a significant amount of cash. The staffer says they don’t usually have that on hand but they had a problem with the drawer at the bank where they usually use to make night deposits, so they brought it back to the theater. So they’re closed for today – you’ll see “no movies today” on the marquee if you drive by (photo added 3:15 pm).

3:28 PM UPDATE: We’re told now that they plan to reopen later this afternoon, for the showings just before 4 pm, but are asking for exact change.

4:58 PM UPDATE: We checked with the Southwest Precinct for any additional information; Lt. Ron Smith says the preliminary report says it was a “forced entry” burglary, and that “electronics” were taken as well as cash.

Guys, please don’t speculate. Police are only now starting to investigate, and we just have the toplines, but we have followup messages out on several informational fronts. Saturday night is normally a big night for any movie theater, so it doesn’t necessarily take “knowing something” to figure that out. Meantime, wanted to get the word out since the immediate practical effect for potential patrons is that they are closed today … adding a shot of the marquee to that effect, in a moment. – TR

this person needs to be caught how dare they do this . whoevewr you are person or person’s you will be caught by me and i mean i am a big person 6’10″ tall and 300 pounds so if i catch you i will knock you out cold and have the police take your knocked out body to jail. Creep!

I love my West Seattle and the positive way so many respond to these kinds of negative events. We’ll try to take in Megamind with our kids this week too. By the way, their popcorn TOTALLY rules! Who knew?

Yes, it’s pure speculation but it does seem odd that the very rare instance of a burglary coincides with the very rare instance of keeping the cash at the theater. I certainly hope the investigation proves it to be a random coincidence but I’m sure they’ll look at it from all angles.

Either way, I agree. This seems a good time to make a point of seeing a movie and buying lots of popcorn.